Patricia Jean Cooper

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Patricia Jean Cooper

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Born| 1936

Greenville, Texas

Died| 1988
Nationality| American
Citizenship| United States of America
Alma mater| University of California Berkeley
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* Researcher

Patricia Jean Cooper (1936–1988) was an American author, educator and researcher in the biological sciences. She is the author of three works of non-fiction, including The Quilters: Women and Domestic Art[1] which was later adapted by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek into a play (Quilters) nominated for seven Tony-awards. The Quilters was well reviewed,[2] finding its way into the Women's Studies program at Vassar and other colleges.

Cooper was born in Greenville, Texas in 1936, the second of six children. After growing up on the plains of the southwest, playing the organ on Sundays for her local Baptist church, Cooper discovered science. In her early twenties, she moved to Hawaii to complete her Bachlors degree in marine biology, followed by a PhD in the field of biology from the University of California Berkeley in 1964.

From 1964 until 1981, she had a successful career as a research biologist at University of Oregon's Medical School in Portland, Oregon, and later as a researcher and faculty member of the departments of Zoology and Health and Medical Sciences at the University of California Berkeley. Her 1965 article in the Journal of Cell Biology[3] and 1967 article in the Journal of Developmental Biology[4] (published under her married name Patricia Baker) significantly advanced current understanding of the morphogenic movement of cells. Her mentor was the well-known scientist Richard M. Eakin|Richard Marshall Eakin, who praised Cooper as a fine scientist who made significant contributions to the fields of cell biology, embryology and early electron microscopy.

While employed at UC Berkeley, she wrote three books: Hot Springs and Spas of California (101 Productions 1978)[5], The Quilters (Doubleday 1976), Women’s Health and Medical Guide (Better Homes and Gardens 1981)[6]. Her research for the book The Quilters took her on several iconic trips around the Southwest with her co-author and best friend from high school Norma Bradley Allen.

In 1981, Cooper left the University to devote herself to writing full time. In the last few years of her life, she traveled and lived in Thailand, Singapore and Nepal. At the time of her untimely death in 1987 she was researching a book on lucid dreaming.

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1. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Quilters/PkgFidhT9qkC?hl=en&gbpv=0
2. ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/3346022
3. ↑ Baker, P. C. (January 3, 1965). "FINE STRUCTURE AND MORPHOGENIC MOVEMENTS IN THE GASTRULA OF THE TREEFROG, HYLA REGILLA". The Journal of Cell Biology. 24: 95–116. doi:10.1083/jcb.24.1.95. PMC 2106552. PMID 14286299 - via PubMed.
4. ↑ "Cytoplasmic filaments and morphogenetic movement in the amphibian neural tube". Developmental Biology. 15 (5): 432–450. May 1, 1967. doi:10.1016/0012-1606(67)90036-X - via www.sciencedirect.com.
5. ↑ "Hot Springs and Spas of California" - via Biblio.com.
6. ↑ Cooper, Patricia J., ed. (January 1, 1981). "Better Homes and Gardens Woman's Health and Medical Guide" - via Amazon.

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